Join us for “Mary: Awareness and Anticipation” Contemplative Outreach retreat opportunity December 2-4 to welcome Advent in person at the grounds of the beautiful, contemplative New Melleray Guest House nestled […]


Centering Prayer and the Mystical Imagination – via Zoom
Contemplative Outreach Chicago’s 2022 One-Day Fall Workshop presented by Carl McColman “Be still and know that I am God” is a promise from the Psalms: a promise that God may […]

The Ecstasy of God – Contemplative Day of Reflection
Annual Day of Reflection with Fr. Michael K. Holleran How fully, deeply, and consciously do we live the overwhelming dynamism of the Trinitarian Life? Do we recognize it as our […]

Centering Prayer and Oneness
“Contemplation…is not a special gift. It is simply seeing form the perspective of oneness, or in other words, from the level of our spiritual awareness. It can indeed be practiced, […]
Perception Through Levels of Consciousness
Q: I’m a practitioner of Centering Prayer for about 15 years. I started after reading Cynthia Bourgeault’s and Thomas Keating’s introductions to Centering Prayer. Their later works have me […]